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John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners

John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners

Male Abt 1415 - 1474  (59 years)

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  • Name John Bourchier  [1
    Suffix 1st Baron Berners 
    Birth Abt 1415  Little Eaton, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 May 1474  Chertsey, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Chertsey Abbey, Chertsey, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I325  Bourchiers
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2020 

    Father Lord William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu,   b. 4 Jul 1374, Little Eaton, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1420, Troyes, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Lady Anne Plantagenet, of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu,   b. Apr 1383, Pleshey, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1438, Priory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 20 Nov 1405  Little Eaton, St Alkmund, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margorie Berners, Baroness Berners,   b. 30 Nov 1408, West Horsley, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1475, Little Eaton, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Joan Bourchier,   b. Abt 1442, Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1470 (Age 28 years)
    +2. Sir Humphrey Bourchier, Knight, 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell,   b. Between 1440 and 1444, Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1471, Battle of Barnet, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
     3. Elizabeth Bourchier, Baroness Welles,   b. Abt 1446, Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 2 Oct 1470 (Age > 24 years)
    +4. Sir Thomas Bourchier, Knight,   b. 1448   d. 1512 (Age 64 years)
     5. John Bourchier
    Family ID F198  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jun 2018 

  • Photos
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    Picture Note: from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bourchier,_1st_Baron_Berners
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    GarterPlateJohnBourchier1stBaronBerners
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  • Notes 
    • 1st of the BERNERS line
      Knight of the Garter. Fought for Henry VI at the first battle of St. Albans. Afterwards changed sides.

      "Sir John Bourchier, 1st Lord Berners was born circa 1415. He was the son of Sir William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu and Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham. He married Marjorie Berners, daughter of Sir Richard Berners and Philippe Dalyngridge, after 1441. He died on 16 May 1474. He was also reported to have died on 21 May 1474. He was buried at Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, England. His will was probated on 21 June 1474.

      He was invested as a Knight on 19 May 1426 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England, by the Duke of Bedford. He was created 1st Lord Berners [England by writ] on 26 May 1455. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) before 23 April 1459. He held the office of Constable of Windsor Castle between 17 December 1461 and 1474. His last will was dated 21 March 1473/74." http://www.thepeerage.com/p1754.htm


      from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Berners:
      The title was created in 1455 for Sir John Bourchier, youngest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and younger brother of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and William Bourcher, Baron FitzWarine (from whom the Earls of Bath descended). He was the husband of Margery Berners, daughter of Sir Richard Berners. The barony was created by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. Lord Berners was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1516 and 1527.

      He died without male heirs and was succeeded by his daughter Jane Knyvett, the de jure third holder. However, she never assumed the title. Jane was the wife of Edmund Knyvett. Their grandson, the de jure fourth Baron, obtained a certificate of his right to the title but died before obtaining the King's confirmation. His great-great-grandson Thomas Knyvett, the de jure seventh Baron, sat as a Member of Parliament for Dunwich and Eyre. On his death in 1693 the peerage technically fell into abeyance between his two sisters, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Glenham, and Katherine, wife firstly of John Harris and secondly of Richard Bokenham

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Tudor Place Website, (http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOURCHIER1.htm).